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Suðurkjördæmi
South () is one of the six multi-member Constituencies of Iceland, constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Southern (Althing constituency), Southern constituency was merged with Municipalities of Iceland, municipalities of Gerðahreppur, Grindavík, Reykjanesbær, Sandgerði and Vatnsleysustrandarhreppur from the Reykjanes (Althing constituency), Reykjanes constituency and the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður from the Eastern (Althing constituency), Eastern constituency. South consists of the Southern Region (Iceland), Southern and Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula Regions of Iceland, regions. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the Open list, open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2024 parliamentary elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Of Iceland
Iceland is divided into six Constituency, constituencies for the purpose of selecting Legislator, representatives to Althing, parliament.National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 4 History The current division was established by a 1999 Constitution of Iceland, constitution amendment and was an attempt to balance the weight of different districts of the country whereby voters in the rural districts malapportionment, have greater representation per head than voters in Reykjavík city and its suburbs. The new division comprises three countryside constituencies (NW, NE and S) and three city constituencies (RN, RS and SW).National Electoral Commission of Iceland 2013, p. 5 The imbalance of votes between city and country still exists and a provision in the election law states that if the number of votes per seat in parliament in one constituency goes below half of what it is in any other constituency, one seat shall be transferred between them. This has occurred three times, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðbrandur Einarsson
Guðbrandur Einarsson (born 29 October 1958) is an Icelandic politician from Viðreisn. He is a member of the Icelandic parliament in the Southern constituency. He was first elected in the 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 September 2021 to elect the members of the Althing. Following the elections, the three parties in the ruling coalition government – the Independence Party, Progressive Party and Left-Green M .... Guðbrandur served on the Reykjanesbær municipal council from 2002 to 2010 and again from 2024 to 2022 and was president of the municipal council from 2015 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2022. He was chairman of the Suðurnesja Merchants' Association from 1998 to 2019 and the National Union of Icelandic Merchants from 2014 to 2019. Guðbrandur has also served on various boards and councils within the labor movement and also on the boards of many companies and institutions owned by municipalities in Suðurn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Iceland
The municipalities of Iceland ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, sing. ) are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and disability, disabled people. They also govern zoning and can voluntarily take on additional functions if they have the budget for it. The autonomy of municipalities over their own matters is guaranteed by the Constitution of Iceland, Icelandic constitution. History The origin of the municipalities can be traced back to the Commonwealth of Iceland, commonwealth period in the 10th century when rural communities were organized into Hreppur, communes (''hreppar'' ) with the main purpose of providing help for the poorest individuals in society. When urbanization began in Iceland during the 18th and 19th centuries, several independent townships (''kaupstaðir'' ) were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeiða- Og Gnúpverjahreppur
Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur (, ) is a small municipality in south-central Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... References External linksOfficial website Municipalities of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Iceland)
The People's Party () is an Icelandic political party, with an emphasis on disability rights, pensioners' interests, and direct democracy. It currently sits in government. The party which was founded in 2016 by Inga Sæland. The party defines itself as "based on a message of love", its articles of association stating its goals as " ightingwith thought, word and will for Icelanders who have suffered injustices, differences, lawlessness and poverty." Policies In the 2021 parliamentary election, the party's electoral priorities were: Welfare and the fight against poverty * The minimum subsistence level will be ISK 350,000, tax- and deduction-free. * Introduce a new social security system that ensures a minimum subsistence level and the abolition of deduction of state support because of income. Do not let interactive austerity rules lock people in a poverty trap. The disabled * Allow all disabled people who can to try their skills in the labor market for two years witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir
Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir (born 20 November 1966) is an Icelandic politician. She served as minister of education and children's affairs for four months until she resigned due to a scandal involving a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy when she was in her early 20s. She has been a member of the Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ('Thing (assembly), thing ... since 2021 for the People's Party of Iceland. Education Ásthildur graduated from Reykjavik Women's Gymnasium in 1986 and from the Iceland College of Education in 1994 with a B.Ed. Diploma in Project Management and Leadership Training from Nordica Consulting Group at the Continuing Education Department of the University of Iceland 2016 and D-level IPMA certification in project management from the Icelandic Projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Alliance
The Social Democratic Alliance (, ) is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Iceland, political party in Iceland. The party is positioned on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum and their leader is Kristrún Frostadóttir, who has been leader since 2022, and has served as Prime Minister of Iceland since 21 December 2024. Founded in 2000 as a merger of four Centre-left politics, centre-left parties, the party formed its first government following the 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election under Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. The party was defeated in 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013, and remained in opposition until winning the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2024 elections. The youth wing of the Social Democratic Alliance is the Social Democratic Youth (Iceland), Social Democratic Youth. History In 1999, four centre-left political parties (the National Awakening (Iceland), National Awakening, the People's A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir
Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir (born 30 July 1984) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the South constituency since November 2024. Ása was born on 30 July 1984 in Reykjavík. She grew up in Þorlákshöfn where she was a member of the local lute band and conductor of Tónur og Trix, a senior citizens' music group. She studied violin, piano and trumpet at the Árnesingar Music School. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in music (2007) and a Master of Arts degree in art education from the Iceland Academy of the Arts, and a Master of Arts degree in cultural management (2021) from Bifröst University. Ása worked in marketing and as a project manager at the Hendur í höfn restaurant and cultural centre in Þorlákshöfn. She was appointed project manager in the culture department of the municipal council in Ölfus in May 2019. She has been a project manager at the Harpa concert hall and conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compensatory Seat
Leveling seats (, , , , ), commonly known also as adjustment seats, are an election mechanism employed for many years by all Nordic countries (except Finland) in elections for their national legislatures. Germany also used national leveling seats for their parliament, the Bundestag, from 2013 through 2023. Leveling seats are seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency. The purpose of these additional seats is to ensure that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the party's overall shares of votes at the national level. Denmark In 1915, Denmark became one of the first countries in the world to introduce leveling seats in their parliamentary elections. Since then, all parliamentary elections in Denmark have allocated these adjustment seats as a substantial fraction of the seats in the parliament. The parliamentary seats currently comprise 135 county seats and 40 leveling seats, with a further 4 "Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics Iceland
Statistics Iceland () is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prime Minister's Office on 1 January 2008. See also * Minister of Statistics Iceland References External links * * 1914 establishments in Iceland Organizations established in 1914 Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ... Government agencies of Iceland {{Iceland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Peninsula (Iceland)
Southern Peninsula (, ) is an administrative unit and part of Reykjanesskagi (pronounced ), or Reykjanes Peninsula, a regions of Iceland, region in southwest Iceland. It was named after Reykjanes, the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi. The region has a population of 30,933 (2024) and is one of the more densely populated parts of the island. The administrative centre is Keflavík, which had 7,000 residents when it merged with the nearby town of Njarðvík and Hafnir in 1995 to create Reykjanesbær, which is the largest settlement outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Greater Reykjavík area; in 2018, the region had a population of 17,805. The region is the location of Keflavík International Airport, the major point of entry for Iceland. Some fishing towns, such as Grindavík, Njarðvík and Sandgerði, are situated on the peninsula. The peninsula is marked by active volcanism under its surface and large lava fields, allowing little vegetation. There are numerous hot springs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Region (Iceland)
Southern Region ( , ) is a region of Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... The population of the region was 34,076 (1 January 2024). The largest town in the region is Selfoss, with a population of 9,812 as of 2024. References External links *Source {{iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
